You know where else I can side-load apps? Desktop PCs. You know what my in-law's desktop PCs are full of? Spy-ware and search bars and other crap they got tr

You know where else I can side-load apps? Desktop PCs. You know what my in-law's desktop PCs are full of? Spy-ware and search bars and other crap they got tricked into side-loading. Here's how I think this will go down: 1. Some indie developers and hobbyists will be enabled by not having to pay $99/year and jump through hoops to distribute apps. That will be good. 2. Some mainstream apps will require side-loading to get around the Apple tax for purchases, but they won't lower their prices. That will redirect some money from Apple to Amazon or EA or whoever. Thats bad for Apple, good for those companies, but I don't think it will affect most people very much, except for a better flow for in-app purchases where you're current directed to the web-site. 3. The mainstream apps eventually condition people that side-loading is an okay way to get legitimate app. Then publishers will leave the app-store in mass, and the crapware will be as prolific as on PCs. This will be bad. 4. Side-loading will enable piracy, and so honest users will suddenly become more burdened by software DRM type crap. This will be bad. I am honestly not convinced the good that comes from #1, and the connivence that come from #2 are worth the costs of #3 and #4.